YAMAUCHI ISAMU    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Information and Communication    Position   Associate Professor
Research Period	2010/04～2012/03
Research Topic	The Effects of M & A on the Market and Technological Competitiveness
Research Type	KAKENHI Research
Consignor	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Research Program Type	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
KAKENHI Grant No.	22730221
Responsibility	Representative Researcher
Representative Person	YAMAUCHI Isamu
Details	The purpose of this re search is to analyze the effects of Merger and Acquisition on the firm's market and technological competitiveness. The results show that the merger decreases the firm's capability of developing and using technology due to the decreases in the market share and the complementary asset, though the number of observations in this research is limited and most of them are intended to rationaliz e the existing business. Our results also s uggest that the merger increases the effectiveness of firm's R & D activity.